Alter first comment?

Is there a method to change the look of the first comment in a discussion? I mean the post of the one who started the discussion.

WallPhone

If you check the RowNumber delegate parameter, it will tell you if you are looking at the first comment or not:

$Context->SetDefinition('AfterFirstPostCode', '<hr style="border: 0 1 #ccc" />Insert code here');
$Context->SetDefinition('AfterLastPostCode', '<hr style="border: 0 1 #ccc" />Insert code here');

function TweenPost(&$CommentGrid) {
// Insert the ad code after the last </li>
$CommentList = &$CommentGrid->DelegateParameters['CommentList'];
$RowNumber = &$CommentGrid->DelegateParameters['RowNumber'];
$Comment = &$CommentGrid->DelegateParameters['Comment'];

if ( 1 == $RowNumber ) {
$Comment->Body .= $CommentGrid->Context->GetDefinition('AfterFirstPostCode');
} else {
if ( ($CommentGrid->CommentDataCount == $RowNumber) || ($CommentGrid->Context->Configuration['COMMENTS_PER_PAGE'] == $RowNumber) ) {
$Comment->Body .= $CommentGrid->Context->GetDefinition('AfterLastPostCode');
}
}
}

$Context->AddToDelegate('CommentGrid', 'PreCommentOptionsRender', 'TweenPost');


Tex

Thanks for this code! Where to put it into? I tried some ways but always get an error.

mis-one

Tex, Just make a new extension.. or Wallphone can create his own considering how helpful it is.

Tex

Ah, as an extension. I'll try this. Thanks!

Krak

Wasn't there a CSS tag like Comment_First or something? Was it done away with?

Tex

@ Krak:
I couldn't find any. Neither in the css file nor at the source code of the page.

Tex

All right. This enables me to add anything I want after the text of the first comment. Has anybody an idea how to alter the look of it? I could imagine opening a div before it and close it after the comment. But how to add something before the first comment? Sorry, I am not good in this as you see.

Krak

I could have swore there was something like Comment_First, but I looked and couldn't find it either. It must have been removed or I am blind/looking in the wrong spot.

I swear I have used it before.

WallPhone

One thing you could do:
$Comment->Body = '<div class="FirstComment">'. $Comment->Body .'</div>'; But that would only single out the body of the first comment... Maybe look at the beautiful lie theme if you are trying to get a blog-like appearance.

There was a FirstComment class in .9.2.6 Not sure why it didin't make it into later versions. (Maybe because you can get the same effect with a :first-child CSS selector?)#Comments li:First-Child {
border: 2px solid #f00;
}But this seems to do things to the comment author and icon fields... and I am not familiar with how well browsers use it.

Tex

@ WallPhone:
The first method is very well for the beginning, thanks!
The 'First-Child' is not supported by IE.
The Beautiful Lie theme doesn't alter the look of the first comment, as far as I can see.

[-Stash-]

What about the Adjacent-Sibling Selectr? That should work with IE?

Scott Double U

did any body ever make any progress on this?

Tex

The method proposed by WallPhone works fine:
$Comment->Body = '<div class="FirstComment">'. $Comment->Body .'</div>';
Than you can define the class in you CSS stylesheet.